In the torrent of the times, any highlight moment will drift with the wind in the fragments of memory... For car enthusiasts is no exception, familiar models on the street are gradually being replaced by some modern-looking electric vehicles.
I have to say that the post-80s car world is still full of dreams and feelings. Because they are in the era, in the wave of China's automobile privatization and development, it can also be said that it is the golden decade of China's automobile consumption trend, and it is praised by many people as "sunny days". Because there are so many interesting models that grow with them.
In this season of remembrance, we hope to lead everyone to find the love they once loved by looking back at these faded highlight models.
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BMW 1 Series: The rear-drive hatchback is destined to be extraordinary
"The money to buy the 1 series has not been saved enough, and the 1 series has become a front drive", which is the sentiment of many car owners who have saved money to buy the BMW 1 series. As the most cost-effective BMW, but also has an original rear-drive layout, it is not surprising that it has become the "white moonlight" in the hearts of fans. In particular, the rear-drive 1 series that replaced the 1.6T engine has a good performance in playability and power. The Advantage of Ashkenazi Imports in the early 200,000s has become the preferred choice for many people to enter BMW.
But now the 1 series is far more complicated than before, if it is a sedan, it is a front-drive model specially supplied by China, and if it is imported in the future, it is a front-drive hatchback. As one of the few rear-drive hatchbacks in the world, the 1 Series has compromised under BMW's global strategy and entered the front-drive UKL platform. The 1 series also shows that feelings cannot be eaten as a meal, bmw is an automaker, not a dreamer.
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Ruizhi: In those years, I almost bought a rear-drive car!
The title of "Dongying BMW" belongs to Mazda 6 or Ruizhi, which is already an unsolvable answer, but the layout of the rear drive will make most people associate Ruizhi with manipulation. But Ruizhi did not sincerely I do not cheat, the Buddhist chassis tuning, coupled with the chassis structure of the movement, always let the people who buy it have a kind of dream impulse, "modification" has become a part of the owner of the Ruizhi control of the bland operation.
The confusion of Ruizhi is that the original factory front shock absorber adopts an inverted fork layout, the layout of the multi-link after the front double wishbone, coupled with the longitudinal transmission, it is difficult not to suspect that it is for the movement. But in the era of Ruizhi, the mainstream trend of B-class cars is still business, luxury, and high-end, so Ruizhi, which was born from the crown, obviously will not give us too much surprise in handling. At that time, modifying a pair of exhausts, or walking in the Japanese VIP style, replacing the cylinder liner piston of the 3.0 engine to increase the power, became the "unified" operation of Ruizhi modification players.
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Phaeton: The ivory tower of German craftsmanship in the hearts of car fans
The ultimate craftsmanship that beats the competition, at the expense of creating an exclusive factory for a car, can you gain a foothold in the luxury car market? Obviously, this law does not hold up in the public. Perhaps it is precisely because of the volkswagen logo above Phaeton that it has ended eclipsed. It also shows that the admission ticket of high-end cars is not hard to fight.
More dramatically, Phaeton is also the world's largest market for this model throughout its life cycle. But this is very reasonable, because with Volkswagen's many years of roots in China, it has witnessed the development of China's automobile industry. As a veteran of the joint venture, It is not surprising that Volkswagen's brand recognition continues to the flagship model created by Volkswagen.
But in any case, although Phaeton is Volkswagen's "image project", sales have not been recognized by the market, but in the hearts of fans, it is still a top luxury model. The ultimate craftsmanship represented by Phaeton, the exclusive factory, the manufacturing process using ultra-luxury brands, and even the standards of Bentley and Rolls-Royce are all unprecedented attempts by Volkswagen.
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Genesis Coolpad: Give you back a civilian sports car dream
In the domestic automobile consumer market, the "national sports car dream" has appeared several times in the short term, but often it has ended in nothingness. In the real domestic sports car market, with the power, design, price to manufacture phenomenal hot models, it was the first to be done by a Korean car.
If you are not a post-80s, it is difficult to imagine how popular the Korean cars used to be accompanied by the "Korean Wave" in China. As a high-end model of modern cars, the Genesis Coolpad is a coupe. Imported from the whole vehicle, the starting price of automatic transmission is only more than 250,000 yuan. The most important thing is that the original front-facing and rear-drive sports car equipped with 2.0T+8AT is so cheap! Even in today's power and chassis is still mainstream. It is precisely because of the cool shape, strong power, purebred coupe design, and the gap in the market that this model quickly became a hot spot at that time.
Nowadays, the domestic automobile market is in a state of vigorous development, but the sports cars in the market of 200,000-350,000 are in the market blank. For the current domestic automobile market, which is in contention, it cannot but be said that there are some regrets. Yipinjun hopes to see more interesting models to enrich our dreams for cars.